Hays County, Texas:
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Projects

• Hays County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hays County TXGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Blanco County, TX  to the west
• Caldwell County, TX  to the east
• Comal County, TX  to the southwest
• Guadalupe County, TX  to the south
• Travis County, TX  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Hays Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hays County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Estate Records

• Texas Probate Records  1800-1900     (Source: Family History Library)

History

• Hays County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Hays County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Hays County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships (37)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt and Hutchinson County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Hays County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Kyle, TX Auto Accident, Apr 1927      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • San Marcos, Texas Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • San Marcos, TX Converse Gin & Mill Fire, Jan 1892      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • San Marcos, TX Drowning, May 1961      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • San Marcos, TX Fell From Fire Wagon, Jan 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • San Marcos, TX Train Wrecked By Rails Spreading, Sep 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hays County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Hays County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• Local History  San Marcos Public Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hays County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Pound House Museum  Dripping Springs, Texas
• Special Collections at the Alkek Library  Texas State University-San Marcos
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Hays County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Hays County, TX Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TXHAYS-L Hays County genealogy

  • TXHAYS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXHAYS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXHAYS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TX_HILL_COUNTRY-L The history and genealogy of the region known as the "Texas Hill Country"

  • TX_HILL_COUNTRY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX_HILL_COUNTRY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TX_HILL_COUNTRY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Hays County, TX Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hays County, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Hays County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Harris through Jasper Counties

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Hays County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Hays County, Texas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Hays County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Hays County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Hays County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Hays County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Citizen  Buda, Texas     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Free Press  Buda, Texas     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Hays County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• The Hays County Citizen  Nov 20, 1975 - Dec 24, 1975     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Historical Buda Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Kyle Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical San Marcos Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• The Kyle News  Jan 1, 1926 - Jul 28, 1989     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hays Free Press 
• San Marcos Daily Record 
• San Marcos Daily Record      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• San Marcos, Texas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hays County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hays County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• Historical Postcards of Hays County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• A Look into the Past  Niederwald, Texas
• The Portal to Texas History  Hays County
• Texas--Hays County--San Angelo.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Texas--Hays County--San Marcos.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Kyle School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• San Marcos School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Southwest Texas State Teachers College - Pedagog Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)  Class of 1925     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Southwest Texas State Teachers College - Pedagog Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)  Class of 1970     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Southwest Texas State Teachers College - Pedagog Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)  Class of 1973     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Hays County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hays County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Hays County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Captain Thomas Moore Chapter  San Marcos     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Jacob's Well Chapter  Wimberley     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (29)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hays County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Hayes County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Hays County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Hays County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Hays County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Death Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Hays County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Hays County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Hays County     (Source: Family History Library)

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